
FIRST 

In small per cent of illiteracy. 

THIRD 

In products of meat packing plants. 

THIRD 

In production of corn. 

FOURTH 

In production of wheat. 

FOURTH 

In number of cattle and hogs on farms 
and ranges. 

FIFTH 

In production of oats and rye. 

FIFTH 

In production of beet sugar. 

SIXTH 

In number of acres in farms. 

SEVENTH 

In number of horses on farms and ranges. 

NINTH 

In value of farm products per acre. 

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Showing of Nebraska Banks. 

(Lincoln, Neb., Trade Review, Jan. 16, 1904.) 

The financial condition of Nebraska 
and the increase in wealth as shown 
by the growth in bank deposits in the 
last five years is a record not exceeded 
by any state in the union. At the time 
of the last report the banks of Ne- 
braska, state and national, showed 
deposits in total of $96,179,242.79. 
Taking the population of the state at 
1,200,000, this gives a per capita of 
bank deposits of $80 for every man, 
woman and child in the state; or $320 
for every family of four persons in 
Nebraska. 

The showing of the growth of de- 
posits in the banks of Nebraska during 
the last five years is an interesting 
illustration of the way the state is 
forging ahead from a point of view 
represented by the money on deposit. 

The banks of Nebraska, in their 
report of December, 1898, make the 
following showing of deposits : 

State banks $18,225,180.14 

National banks 36,769,209.56 

Total, all banks, 1898 $54,994,389.70 

The banks of Nebraska, in their 
reports of November, of the past year, 



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1903, make the following showing o-f 

deposits: 

National banks $59,105,360.56 

State banks 37,073,882.24 

Total, all banks, 1903 $96,179,242.80 

This showing from the official re- 
ports indicates that deposits in state 
and national banks in Nebraska have 
increased in the last five years $41,- 
184,853.09, a gain of 77 per cent. 

One year ago in Nebraska the de- 
posits of the banks, state and national, 
were as follows: 

National banks $55,439,124.00 

State banks 34,487,619.26 

Total deposits, all banks, 1902, $89,926,743.26 

Taking these deposits of one year 
ago and deducting them from the de- 
posits of November of the year just 
past, we have a gain for 1903 over 
1902 of $6,252,499.53. 



Nebraska produces more vine seeds 
and sugar corn for seed purposes than 
all the balance of the United States 
combined. 

Nebraska is increasing more rapidly 
in every line of agricultural develop- 
ment, live stock improvement, feed- 
ing of live stock, grain production, 
fruit growing, forestry, etc., than any 
other state. 

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Nebraska Land Values. 

The Lincoln, Neb., Trade Review 
records weekly the farm land sales in 
the different counties of the state. 
From this record, gathered each week 
during 1903, the following summary 
concisely states the selling value of 
improved farms in different sections 
of Nebraska: 

Thirty sales of land taken at random 
from the entire sales reported from 
the counties of Nemaha, Pawnee, 
Johnson, Cass and Otoe show an aver- 
age sale value of $66 per acre. 

Thirty sales taken at random from 
those reported from the counties of 
Hamilton, York, Hall, Clay and Fill- 
more show an average selling value of 
$51 per acre. 

Twenty-two sales taken in the same 
way from the counties of Boone,Nance, 
Antelope, Wayne and Pierce show an 
average sale value of $42 per acre. 

Twenty-seven sales from the Re- 
publican Valley counties of Phelps. 
Webster, Harlan, Franklin and Red 
Willow show an average sale value of 
$32.50 per acre. 

It will be noticed that all sections of 
the state, outside of the strictly cattle 
section of the northwest, are fairly 
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represented in the above figures. 
When the eastern section and central 
part are compared with the prices 
lands are selling for across the river 
in Iowa, where the farming country 
is no better, it will be seen that the 
best farming lands in Nebraska are 
yet far below their real value when 
compared with $100-an-acre farm land 
in Iowa. 



Nebraska in 1903. 

(Lincoln, Neb., Trade Beview, Jan. 16, 1904.) 
Taking the staple productions of the 
state, those which come from the 
soil, which the farmers produce and 
market, the record of the state for 
1903 is one nearing the two hundred 
million mark. These figures below 
are largely the government estimate, 
the best estimate made, and yet gen- 
erally regarded as very conservative: 

Corn $48,266,000 

Butter, eggs and poultry 26,500,000 

Wheat 22,765,000 

Hogs 19,400,000 

Cattle 18,600,000 

Hay, barley, rye 17,100,000 

Oats 16,045,000 

Potatoes and fruits 11,326,000 

Other farm products 15,500,000 

Total $195,502,000 



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Nebraska Crop Statistics. 

SUMMARY OF CROP YIELDS FOR 1903. 

(Agricultural report of Union Pacific Rail- 
road Co. for iy03.) 




Total Yield 



Winter wheat 
Spring wheat. 

Corn 

Oats 

Rye 

Barley 

Irish potatoes 
Broom corn 

Millet 

Sorghum .. 

Alfalfa 

Timothy 
Wild hay . 
Clover 



32,346,6:^7 

5,786,798 

197,406,666 

62,217,284 

5,625,382 

3,148,180 

5,523,767 

715 

334,795 

457,478 

840,966 

466,620 

2,728,906 

95,612 



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The total yield of corn in Nebraska for 
1903 has been placed by various authorities 
at estimates ranging from 150,000,000 to over 
200,000,000 bushels. The government Crop 
Reporter places the total yield at little less 
than 160,000,000 bushels. The government 
acreage, however, as reported this year, 
differs by 2,700,000 from their acreage of last 
year. It is obvious that that is too radical a 
change to have taken place in so short a 
time. Estimates in this report were made 
by the same authorities both before and after 
the frosts and are substantially correct. 



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Growth of Crop Yield, 
1860-1903. 

("Nebraska's Resources Illustrated," pub- 
lished by the Nebraska Farmer, Omaha, 
January, 1904.) 

Corn. — Nebraska is justly famous 
for its great yields and rapid increase 
in production of corn. Corn is the 
great staple product of the state. 
The following table illustrates the 
growth of corn production in Ne- 
braska : 



Years 


Bulhels 


Years 


Bushels 


1860 


1,482,000 


1896 


298,600,000 


1870 


4,736,710 


1897 


241,268,000 


1880 


65,450,135 


1898 


158,755,000 


1890 


55,310,000 


1899 


224,373,000 


1891 


167,652,000 


1900. 


210,430,000 


1892 


157,145,000 


1901 


109,142,000 


1893 


157.279,000 


1902 


252,520,000 


1894 


13,856,000 


1903 


222,419,000 


1895 


125,685,000 







The rating of Nebraska in corn 
production, as compared with the 
corn producing states, is as follows : 
1897, first; 1896, second; 1898, 1900, 
1901, and 1903, third; 1899 and 1902, 
fourth ; showing that for the past 
eight years it is even better than a 
third. During this same period Iowa 
and Illinois, the two recognized 
leaders in corn production, have been 
a tie for first place, standing four to 
four. In 1897 Nebraska produced 



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8,340,000 bushels more corn than any 
other state in the Union, and for the 
past nine years has yielded an annual 
average of 205,000,000 bushels. 

Wheat. — In wheat production Ne- 
braska has taken a well established 
claim for fourth place. The wheat 
producing history of Nebraska is 
given in the following table: 



Years 


Bushels 


Years 


Bushels 


1860 


147,867 


1896 


19,391,000 


1870 


2,125,086 


1897 


27,453,000 


1880...... 


13,847,007 


1898 


34.679,000 


1890 


15,315,000 


1899 


20,792,000 


1891 


18,080,000 


1900 


24,802,000 


1892 


15,670.000 


1901 


42,007,000 


1893 


10,688,000 


1902 


52,727,000 


1894 


8,755,000 


1903 


43,409,000 


1895 


14,787,000 







The rating of Nebraska, in compar- 
ison with the leading wheat producing 
states, is as follows : In 1896 Nebraska 
was ninth in wheat production ; 1897, 
eighth; 1898, sixth; 1899, ninth; 
1900, fifth; 1901, fifth; 1902, fourth; 
1903, fourth. 

The concentration of effort to winter 
wheat growing in certain portions of 
the southwestern part of the state, 
has caused Nebraska to take a promi- 
nent place among the leading wheat- 
producing states. That there are 
millions of acres in that portion of the 
state which will be turned to winter 
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wheat production, there is little doubt, 
since it is the most successful and 
profitable crop, yielding in very many 
instances from 40 to 50 bushels per 
acre; a single crop paying ihe pur- 
chase price of the land the crop is 
grown on. 

Oats. — Nebraska is one of the most 
successful oat -producing districts, 
though no special effort has been ex- 
erted yet in growing this crop. The 
oat-crop history of the state can be 
gleaned from the following table, 
which commences back to near the 
beginning of cultivation in the state: 



Years 


Bushels 


Years 


Bushels 


1860 


74,500 


1896 


34,093,000 


1870 


l,477,56i 


1897 


51,731,000 


1880 


6,555.875 


1899 


51,474,000 


1890 


22.430,000 


1900 


37,779,000 


1891 


48.599,000 


1901-.... 


39,065,000 


1893 


23,989.000 


1902 


62,122.000 


1894 


19.747,000 


1903 


53,099.000 


1895 


39,912,000 













Alfalfa. — Ten years ago alfalfa 
could scarcely be said to exist in Ne- 
braska, its cultivation being confined 
to a few counties. Today it is grown 
in almost every county of Nebraska, 
the total acreage for the state last 
year being estimated at 202,458 acres. 
For 1904 the acreage is estimated at 
250,000 acres. 

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Live Stock Statistics. 

SUMMARY OF LIVE STOCK FOR 1903. 

(Report of Union Pacific R. R. Co., 1903.) 

Number of cattle 3.264,659 

Number of bogs 2,223,396 

Number of sbeep 328,066 

Number of horses and mules 809,875 

6,625,996 

GROWTH OF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN 
NEBRASKA. 

[ReipoTt Of Nebt^asJca Farmer— hased on census 
report.) 

Nnmber of cattle in 1860 37,197 

Number of cattle in 1870 79,^-54 

Number of cattle in 1880 740.541 

Number of cattle in 1890 . 1,726,439 

Number of cattle in 1900 3,176,242 

Number of cattle in 1903 3,264,659 

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND SALES AT 
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK YARDS, 1902. 

(Report of So. Omaha, Neb., Stock Yds. Co.) 

CATTLE. 

Received 1,010,815 

Bought by feeders and packers 961,324 

96 % of all cattle received sold in So. Omaha. 

HOGS. 

Received 2,247,428 

Bought by packers 2,241,421 

100 % of all hogs received sold in So. Omaha. 

SHEEP. 

Received 1,742.539 

Bought by packers and feeders 1,607.986 

92% % of all sheep received sold in So. Omaha. 

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Nebraska's Dairy Industry and 
Its Value. 

(Nebraska's Resources Illustrated, pub- 
lished January, 1904, by the Nebraska 
Farmer, Omaha.) 

Dairy Interest. — June 1, 1900, Ne- 
braska reported, in the General Census, 
a dairy cow population of 512,544, 
valued at $17,192,120. The butter 
product from these cows was 46,244,839 
pounds; 11,726,180 pounds of this was 
made in factories, and 34,518,659 
pounds made on farms. The cheese 
made on farms, 264,430 pounds, and in 
factories, 313,600 pounds, making a 
total cheese product of 578,030 pounds. 
The total value of all dairy products 
for 1900, $8,595,408. In 1901 the dairy 
cow or milk cow population had 
increased to 618,894, or 20| per cent, 
which at this rate of increase, and 
estimated upon the same basis of 
values, would at the close of 1903 
show an annual dairy product value 
for Nebraska of $15,000,000. 

In 1900 Nebraska had a cow popu- 
lation, other than that classed as milk 
or dairy cows, of 674,025. These cows 
were employed in raising calves on 
the ranges in the western part of the 
state, and were available to draw from 
for dairy extension. 

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already in value equal to more than 
thirteen (13) per cent of the entire 
yearly live stock product, has been 
brought about by natural causes. 
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intelligent dairyman during the entire 
year. 

Another important factor in the 
development of the industry has been 
the use of the hand separator by the 
individual dairyman. In 1897 there 
were possibly five hundred (500) hand 
separators in use in the state. At this 
date (Jan. 1st, 1904) it is estimated 
that the number is more than seven- 
teen thousand (17,000), and is being 
rapidly increased. 

In commercial dairying and the use 
of the hand separator the individual 
dairyman pursues the business at the 
least possible expense, on his part, for 
time and labor expended. He milks 
his cows, separates the cream at home, 
and sells the cream to be manufac- 
tured into butter at some central fac- 
tory, several of whichare conveniently 
located in the state. In 1903 the 
Beatrice Creamery Company of Lin- 
coln manufactured 8,000,000 pounds 
of butter, the Fairmont Creamery 
Company 4,500,000 pounds, theHygeia 
Creamery Company of Omaha 2,000,000 
pounds, the St. Paul Creamery Com- 
pany of Grand Island 600,000 pounds, 
and the Ravenna Creamery Company 
800,000 pounds. The price per pound 
for butter-fat paid the individual 
dairyman during the year 1903 ranged 
from fifteen (15) cents to twenty-six 
(26) cents — the basis for the price be- 

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ing four (4) cents less than the highest 
New York quotation for creamery- 
butter, the manufacturer paying all 
transportation charges. 

Analysis of the statistics before 
quoted will show that the average 
yearly value of the dairy products 
approximates sixteen dollars and sixty 
cents ($16.60) per cow. 

It should not be understood that 
this sum represents possibilities in 
dairying in this state, for it is not only 
possible but entirely practical to 
secure returns from a dairy herd equal 
to two (2) or even three (3) limes the 
average given in the U. S. Census 
returns — the value depending largely 
upon the intelligence and skill of the 
individual dairyman, also whether the 
greater per cent of the dairy product 
be produced during the winter months 
when it has the larger commercial 
value, or during the summer months 
when it has a less commercial value. 
In the number and value of cattle 
other than milch cows Nebraska ranks 
fourth (4th), having, on January 1st, 
1904, 2,355,919 head valued at $41,181,- 
464, from which it can be readily seen 
that there is abundant opportunity to 
still greatly increase and develop the 
dairy industry, for under the methods 
of commercial dairying herein men- 
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The Poultry Industry in 
Nebraska. 

(Nebraska's Resources Illustrated, pub- 
lished January. 1904, by the Nebraska 
Farmer, Omaha). 

The poultry industry has made 
rapid growth in Nebraska for the past 
twenty-five years, and like all other 
farm industries in this state it has 
furnished the most astonishing evi- 
dences of rapid development. In 1880 
the chicken stock of Nebraska num- 
bered 279,263, with a total egg pro- 
duct of 7,166,090 dozens. In 1890 the 
chicken population had increased to 
7,395,368, with the stock of turkeys, 
geese and ducks numbering 563,665, 
and an e^g product of 23,300,684 doz- 
ens. This shows a farm value of 
Nebraska poultry products of $4,761,- 
427 in 1890. In 1900 the census re- 
ports show the value of poultry to be 
$3,499,044, with an egg product val- 
ued at $4,068,000, making a total 
annual poultry product value for the 
year of $7,567,044, almost doubling in 
value in the ten-year period from 
1890 to 1900. The rate of increase in 
poultry production at the present 
time has never been exceeded. Not 
only has there been great encourage- 
ment in bettering the quality, but the 
influence of prices has added new 
life to production. 



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Nebraska's Sugar Beet Industry. 

( Report of State Industrial Bureau, 1903.) 

Sugar factories in state 3 

Number of acres planted to beets 18,000 

Banner counties for beet raising : 

Lincoln county 5,000 acres 

Hall, Red Willow, and Dodge 

counties 4,200 acres 

Number counties raising beets 24 



Urban Resources. 

OMAHA AND LINCOLN. 

Omaha Financial Statement, 1903. 

Bank clearings $393,805,547 

Vol. jobbing business 101,387,500 

Manufacturing 130,583,050 

Output Omaha smelters 33,809,961 

Real estate transfers 6,99^,367 

Real estate mortgages, filed 2,435,357 

Real estate mortgages, released. . 3,184,092 

Building permits issued 1,093,957 

Money orders issued at Omaha . . . 484,808 
Money orders paid at Omaha — 2,283, 128 



Lincoln's Financial Statement, 1903. 

statement of banking. 

Capital stock $600,000.00 

Surplus and undivided profits . . . 249,960.83 

Loans and discounts 382,500.25 

Cash and sight exchange 1 ,710,839.22 

Deposits 4,885,244.29 



Vol. of jobbing business $19,531,000.00 

Manufacturing 6,471 ,000.00 

Real estate transfers 4,838,090.eo 

Building permits issued 1,015,020.00 

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Educational Statistics. 

(Report of State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, December, 1902.) 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Summary fob the School Year Ending 
July 14, 190:i. 

Counties 90 

Districts 6,666 

School-houses 6,813 

Teachers required 9,101 

Different teachers employed 9,629 

Average monthly salary ot 

teachers $40.44 

Children of school age (5-21) .... 375,340 

Total enrollment 290,543 

Average daily attendance 185,755 

Average length of school year 

(days) 138 

Value of district property $10,281,548.36 

Total teachers' wages $2,828,048.94 

Amount paid for books and sup- 
plies $254,123.91 

Total expenditures $4,435,338.45 

Cost of education per pupil (on 

enrollment) $15.27 

Cost of education per pupil (on 

average attendance) $23.87 

Total indebtedness $3,241,782.82 

Graded schools 465 

Number of teachers in graded 

schools 3,152 

Number of four-year high school 

graduates— boys 384, girls 753; 

total 1.135 

Number of three -year high 

school graduates — boys 197, 

girls 324; total 521 

Private schools 221 

STATE UNIVERSITY. 
Value of grounds and buildings. $1,500,000.00 

Appropriation for 1903-1904 839,500.00 

Number students 2,560 

Number faculty 200 

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Nebraska's Area and Climate. 

Nebraska has an area of 76,840 
square miles, and contains 49,177,600 
acres of land. It is about 200 miles 
wide from north to south, and 400 
miles long from east to west. The 
geographical center of the state has 
been placed near Broken Bow, the 
county seat of Custer county. 

The lands of Nebraska may prop- 
erly be placed in two distinct classi- 
fications, agricultural lands and graz- 
ing lands. The eastern half of the 
state is a rich, prairie district, gently 
rolling and well adapted to general 
agricultural pursuits, except a very 
small portion along the Missouri river, 
which may be classed hilly or broken, 
but is no less prpductive. 

The central part of the state con- 
tains large districts of smooth prairie, 
but all of it sufficiently rolling to 
admit of perfect drainage, making 
these the finest of corn and small 
grain lands. In this part of the state 
the natural advantages for fine farm 
homes cannot be excelled. 

The western half of the state is 
called the stock raising district, on 
account of its vast open ranges of 
unoccupied government lands, which 
produce the finest grazing for stock 

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that can be found anywhere in the 
United States. Many of the varieties 
of grasses that grow in this section 
of the state possess the peculiar qual- 
ity of curing on the ground, and 
retaining their nutritive properties 
as a feed almost equal to the fall pas- 
ture, making it possible for stock to 
pass the entire winter on the range, 
independent of any assistance from 
prepared feed. 

The superior climatic advantages, 
both for man and beast, that Nebraska 
possesses over other sections of the 
country are worthy the observation of 
all considerate persons. The air is dry 
and pure, free from miasmatic and 
malarial poisons so common in the 
rich prairie districts of the West. The 
clearness and purity of the atmosphere 
have been the wonder and admiration 
of thousands and tens of thousands 
of visitors and travelers through Ne- 
braska, who came from less favored 
districts. A number of circumstances 
combine to make the atmosphere of 
Nebraska exceptionally pure and 
clear. Its mean elevation of 2,312 
feet above sea level, its general slope 
towards the southeast, the direction 
the prevailing winds travel, its dis- 
tance from the sea, the constant mo- 
tion of its atmosphere, the general 



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character of its porous soils, which 
readily absorb all surface moisture, 
its perfect natural drainage and its 
general freedom from swamps, sloughs 
and marshy lands, all combine to give 
the purest atmosphere. These con- 
ditions free it from the contaminat- 
ing influence of atmospheric poisons, 
usual where these active agencies do 
not exist. An evidence of the purity 
of the Nebraska atmosphere is readily 
observed with the naked eye, in the 
great distance that objects can be 
seen. From high elevations the aver- 
age eyesight will travel miles without 
the aid of artificial means, thus again 
proving the excellent condition of 
the air. 



Nebraska's Prize Cattle. 

That Nebraska produces the finest 
feeding cattle in the world, has been 
abundantly set forth in the "Grand 
Champion Prize Steer of America," 
the blue-roan Challenger, who so 
easily won over all competitors at 
the International Fat Stock Show 
and Exposition at Chicago in 1903, 
and by the additional evidence of 
the Grand Champion car-load lots of 
steers exhibited by the Nebraska Land 
and Feeding Company that found no 

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equals in the show ring at the Ameri- 
can Royal at Kansas City in 1903, 
as well as at the International at 
Chicago in 1902. 



Nebraska Possesses: 

The largest creamery in the world. 

Two of the largest ice-houses in the 
world. 

The champion prize steer of the 
world. 

Two of the largest packing houses 
in the world. 

One of the largest smelters in the 
United States. 

Two of the finest railway stations in 
the United States. 

One of the four largest state uni- 
versities in the United States. 

Three of the largest beet sugar 
factories in the United States. 

The largest single cattle and sheep- 
feeding yard in the United States. 

Terminals and headquarters of 
twenty of the greatest railroad sys- 
tems in the United States. 



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Nebraska's Grasses. 

Nebraska has the greatest number 
of distinct varieties of native pasture 
and hay grasses of any state in the 
United States. 

Nebraska's native grass pastures on 
the west and northwest half of the 
state will produce more pounds of 
beef to the steer, during the grazing 
season, than can be produced on 
pasture in any other district of country 
on the continent. 

Nebraska has the largest acreage of 
wild grass hay lands of any state in 
the Union, and when the hundreds of 
thousands of acres now remote from 
railroad and used for grazing, are 
turned to hay production, she will 
stand FIRST as a hay-growing state. 

Nebraska has in one body, on the 
east side of the state, 20,000,000 acres 
of land of higher agricultural quality, 
and now producing more value in 
farm crops than any other tract of land 
of equal area in the United States. 

Nebraska has in one body, on the 
west side of the state, 29,000,000 acres 
of grazing and hay lands that cannot 
be surpassed as a live stock grazing 
district by any equal area in the 
United States. 

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Future Development of 
Nebraska. 

Nebraska has some 48,000,000 acres 
of land, and in 1900 only 40 per cent, 
or 18,432,595 acres, were in the census 
returns reported as improved. 

in the number and value of cattle, 
Nebraska in 1908, ranks fourth, with 
3,005,758 head valued at $58,424,527. 

In the number and value of swine, 
Nebraska in 1903, ranks fourth, with 
2,860,242 head valued at $18,391,536. 

The total number of swine in the 
United States January 1, 1904, was 
47,009,367, and 36 per cent of this 
number (17,076,532) is found in the 
states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and 
Nebraska. 

If this is the record with only 40 
per cent of the land improved, who 
dare state in definite terms what the 
record will be when all the land is 
improved? ^^^^ 

Nebraska is yet in its infancy in 
production. It has the ability to 
double several times its present crop 
yield when under a proper system of 
cultivation. It is 4,465 square miles 
larger than the whole of New Eng- 
land, Delaware and New Jersey com- 
bined. It is 20,710 square miles 

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greater in area than Iowa. England 
and Wales combined have less area 
by 17,093 square miles than Nebraska. 
It means something to be a citizen of 
a state with such possibilities in 
future development before it. 



There are 8,980.857 acres of govern- 
ment lands yet in Nebraska subject 
to homestead entry. Of this class of 
lands there have been homestead en- 
tries filed during the year just closed 
in one out of eight government land 
districts of the state, amounting to 
117,723 acres, and final proofs made 
to 55,105 acres. In the O'Neill land 
office there were filed 99 homestead 
entries, embracing 12,300 acres, in the 
month of October, 1903. The possi- 
bilities for acquiring cheap lands 
will not always remain an open invi- 
tation to the people. The available 
agricultural and stock raising lands 
of the United States are fast going 
into the hands of the homesteader 
and speculator. 



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GURDON ^. rv A-i -Lxjcio, yjiuaua, jri^siucuu 

Peter Jansen, Jansen, Vice-President. 
Matt Miller, David City, Treasurer. 
Harrison G. Shedd, Lincoln, Secretary. 



NEBRASKA EXHIBITS 

Palace of Agricultubb, Main Aisle: 
Nebraska Headquariers and Reception 
Room, H. G. Shedd, Secretary of State 
Commission. 

Nebraska Agricultural Exhibit, Jas. 
Walsh. Supt. 

Nebraska Corn Display, Central Special 
Exhibits. 

Free Moving Picture Theatre, Vivid and 
graphic illustration of the real Nebraska. 
Nebraska Dairy Exhibit (dairy section), 
S. C. Bassett, Supt. 

Palace of Horticulture, near North 
Annex Entrance: 

Nebraska Exhibit of Apples and Small 
Fruit, E. M. Pollard, Supt. 

Palace of Education, Main Aisle North: 
Nebraska Exhibit of all Educational 
Institutions, E. H. Barbour, Supt. 

Palace of Mines, Centre: 

Nebraska Exhibit of Soils and Building 
Materials, Minerals, etc., E. H. Barbour, 
Supt. 

Exposition Live Stock Shows: 

Entry of Prize Winners from Nebraska 
State Fair, Lincoln, 1904. 



Note.— Copies of this hand-book may 
be obtained by interested parties at the Ne- 
biaska Headquarters, Palace of Agriculture, 
main aisle, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., 
U. S. A. 



